#C53935#C53935

#C53935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.178 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53935
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 54.93, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 65.14, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.159 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.178 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1345, 15.0574, 4.9504)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53935 #35C1C5

analogous

#C53579 #C53935 #C58135

triadic

#C53935 #35C539 #3935C5

tetradic

#C53935 #79C535 #35C1C5 #8135C5

square

#C53935 #79C535 #35C1C5 #8135C5

split-complementary

#C53935 #35C581 #3579C5

monochromatic

#651D1B #952B28 #C53935 #D56662 #E29593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C53935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C53935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53935

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53935	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.178 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df796d',
    500: '#c53935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53935;
$custom-light: #df796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55315,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53935

secondary

#89CBCD

accent

#DDE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53935

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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